Adolf Ulrich, autorul catalogului bibliotecii regelui Carol I: o ipoteză
Adolf Ulrich, the Author of the Catalog of the Library of King Carol I: a Hypothesis

Summary/Abstract: Carol I of Romania (Prince since 1866, King between 1881 and 1914) owned a very large library hosted by the Palace in Bucharest. It contained books and newspapers from around the world, especially Europe. Its main purpose was to provide the monarch with the information needed in the process of governance. At a given moment, Carol I had a library catalogue created, meant to organize the large number of volumes and periodicals for a more efficient use. Even though the books were scattered after the abolition of the monarchy in 1947, the catalogue has endured. It is not dated, so one aim of this study is to find out when it was created. Secondly, I want to clarify the dilemma about the catalogue’s authorship. Going through the varied information contained by the document, an approximation of its beginnings can be attempted: between the autumn of 1879 and the spring of 1881. The problem of finding out the author of the catalogue is difficult, although his name is written down on the document: Adolf Ulrich. The task is made harder by the fact that there were several homonymous characters who lived during that period. Analysing several indirect pieces of evidence, I would like to advance the hypothesis that the author was Adolf Ulrich (1860-1889), historian and archivist in Hanover, who, at the time when the catalogue was created, was a student at the University of Göttingen.

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